Toilet



July 10, 1923- 1.461.612

' J. F. GEIBEL TOILET Filed April 26, 1920 My? 1? fawn/f (lg/QM Him/Win Patented July 10, 1923.

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Application flied April 28, 1920. Serial No. 876,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jor-m F. Garner, a citizen of the United States, residin at Bufialo, in the count of Erie and tate of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toilets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilets or closets of the kind in which no wateris used for flushing the toilet bowl and in which the sewage passes through a large vertical tube or passage into a tank or reservoir in which it is preferably sterilized and disintegrated.

The objects of this invention are to produce a device of this kind which is so con structed as to 'grcatl' facilitate the war}. of installing the toilets; also to provide. means of improved construction for agitat ing the sewage; also to im rove the con- 30 struction of devices of this kind in other respects hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of a toilet embodying the invention.

'Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation thereof.

'Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse sectional elevation thereof showing a different arrangement of the parts.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional elevation thereof.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation on an enlarged scale of the adjustable connecting rod.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional elevation thereof on line 66 Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is :1 fragments section of the drop tube on line 7-7 Fig 2.

A represents a toilet bowl or closet which may be of any suitable or desired construction and which is mounted on the floor a of a building. This bowl is connected by a substantially vertical drop tube or passage with a tank B arranged under the floor a and which contains a chemical solution which disintegrates anddisinfects the sewage. This tank contains the usual stirring or agitating devices by means of which the sewage is mixed with the chemical solution and disintegrated, the agitating devices being actuated by means of a rod or other means extending from the tank through the floor into proximity to the'closet bowl. All of these parts have heretofore been used in connection with toilets of this kind and sequently means are preferably provided for of themselves constitute no part of this invention.

Toilets of this kind cannot be completely assembled at the factory and arrangement of the toilet bowl relativol to the tank may vary considerably in di' erent installations. It is therefore desirable to make the toilets of such construction that the parts thereof are adjustable relatively to each other without necessitating any machine work or cutting of arts after the some have left the factory. or that reason the toilet is provided with some features which I will now describe..

The tank B is preferably located somewhat below the ground and consequently the distance of the toilet bowl A above the tank depends upon the distance of the floor a above the ground or above the tank. Convarying the length of the drop tube and of the connecting rod for actuating the agitator. For this purpose the connecting rod is made in two sections 0 and D, the lower section D being secured to a crank e of the'agitator shaft E. The two sections are preferably substantially channel shaped and arranged one within the other and both sections are provided with a plurality of holes which are adapted to be placed into registration and one or more pins or bolts d, passing through the holes, serve to connect the two sections. In this manner the length of the connecting rod ma be varied to suit different installations wit out necessitating cutting or other machine work in installing the toilet, and the channel shaped cross section produces a strong and rigid connecting rod and holds the two parts thereof in correct relations to each other. 95 The agitatin device includes the usual blades or pad dles a secured to the shaft E which stir or disintegrate the contents of the tank B when the shaft E is rotated or oscillated. The shaft is suitably journalled in no the tank B in any desired manner, one end of the shaft being journalled in a bearing a secured to an end wall of the tank and the other end bein jonrnalled in an arm or bracket e exten ing inwardly from the cylindrical wall of the tank.

p The upper section of the connecting rod is. pivotally connected with an, operating rod F, which is movable vertically and which transmits motion to the connecting or so. port for the actuating. rod is required. and t e correct alinement of the actuating rod is assured. Consequently in installing the apparatus, the skill or accuracy of the workmen is not depended upon to properly saline the operating rod with the adjusting mechanism, thus ensuring at ,all times the proper operation of the :i.,o;itz|.t ing mechanism after the: toilet is installed.

It is desirable to yieldingly hold 7 the crank e as much as possible out of alinement with .the drop tube so that sewag droppinm into the tank will-not fell uponthe crun h. For this purpose the-agitatorrnechanism'i's provided with a counterweight G, .which may besecured on either one of twp arms 9* g which are rigidly secured on the shaft E. The weight'G is designed to counteract the weight of the connecting rod, crank and co or-sting red when the weight is. substentim ly in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and when in thisposition will hold the crank out of the path of sewage dropping into the tank. The counterweight hesthe further obiect of tending to cause the shaft E to make a complete revolution owing to the momentum which the weight enquires when theoperutiug rod is depressed. By varying the counterweight su porting arms 9 and 9- substantially at cm the horizontal, the relation between the counterweight and the weight of the crank, connecting rod and operating rod issuch that the counterweight will always return the crank substantially to the positions shown in Figs. 1', 3 and 4;

It will be seen that the toilet bowl can be so installed that the iront of the bowl may face toward either side of the tank and that consequently the connecting rod may euterthe timlt from either side of the drop tube. By providing the two counterweight arms g 9 the toilet bowl may easily' be placed to face in either direction since if it is desired to reverse'the bowl from the p.031 tion shown in Fig. 1, it is only necessary to turn the shaft E through one half of a. revolution and place the counterweight G on the arm g, as shown in Fig. 3. The connectinorod will then be arranged on the other side of the droptube.

The drop tube shown includes twcsections telescopically arranged so that the fill? let bowl may be arranged? at difierent dis tancesabove the tank. without necessitating bowl" The toilet townie 33.15 PEG section. In the construction shown, this ring issecured to the outer tube h ofthe drop tube near the upper edge thereof and has a. sliding connection with the inner section h. Thi r g mmeth bottom t a annular groove or reces between the two sections. of the drop tube, which recess in the construction shown is filled with cement of-eny suitable kind thus forming a. tight seal between the ports of the drop tube. Any other means for sealing the joint between the ports of the drop tube be employed.

The agitator described may be ectuet d eithe y p l s r or pushing awn th p r i g e th reby it caus ng t agitator shaft to make one or more complete revolutions. or to oscillate, depending upon theforce applied to the operating: rod. The toiletcen be eusil} installed and requires no skilled labornor the use of cutting tools to make an ins a n. and he p ts th eof are sorconstructed that the proper elineinent and correct operation of the movable ports of the device'is assured. 1

I l m asmyinven i n: I 1

1. In a oilet. thecomhination of n tank, a toilet bowl arranged above said tank. a. drop tube connecting said tank and said toilet bowl and comprising two sections which are arranged to permit said how]. to he turned to diflerent positions with respect to said tank, an "agitator in said tank. on actuating rod connected to said agitator and hurin'z a: portion arranged adjacent to said bowl, and m ans on said agitator for no mally holding said agitator in different positions; depending on the-position of said bowl relativel to said tank.

2. In a" toilet, the combination of a tunic, a toilet bowl wronged (above said tank, a drop tube connecting said tool; end said toilet bowl and compr-isingtwo sections which are arranged to permitsuid' bowl to be turned todiil'ei'cnt osition with respect to said tank, aneuitator in said tank an ac: tuating rod connected'to said agitator and having a. port-ion arranged adjacent to said bowl, and a. c unterweigbt adapted to be arranged in di erent positions on said agi tator to hold said agitator in correct relation to said bowl.

3'. In a. toilet, the combination of e tank, agitator mechanism arranged in said tank and including a. shaft extending substan: tially centrally in said tank, a toilet bowl arranged above the central portion of said tank, a. crank portion on said shaft-arranged llu - said agitator mechanism including a shaft a crank and a. counterweight conwith said shaft, said counterweight havin uecte being so arranged as to hold said crank normally out of the path of movement of sewage into said tank.

5. The combination of a tank adapted to receive sewage, a-drop tube terminating in the upper part of said tank and through which sewage enters said tank, an agitator mechanism arranged. in said tank and including a shaft, said shaft having a crank which is adapted to extend around the path of movement of the sewage from the drop tube into the tank, a connecting rod secured to said crank, and a counterweight on said shaft which facilitates the rotation of said shaft by said connecting rod and also 'halances the weight of the connecting rod so as to hold said crank out of the path of movement of sewage into said tank.

6. The combination of a tank adapted to receive sewage and having an o ening through which sewage is introduce into said tank, an a itator mechanism arranged in said tank and including a shaft, a crank on said shaft which is adapted to extend around the path of movement of the sewage into said tank, a pair of arms on said shaft extending at an angle to each other, a counterweight adapted to be secured to either of said arms to normally hold said shaft in a position in which said crank extends to either side of the path of. movement of the sewage.

7 The combination of a tank adapted to receive sewage, a toilet bowl adapted to 'face in either of two opposite directions with reference to said tank, agitator mechanism in said tank including a shaft, a crank on said shaft, actuating means for turning said shaft which are connected at one end to said gortion and extending V crank and the other end of which is arrangedin o erative relation to said bowl, a counterweight adapted to be secured in different positions on said shaft to hold said crank on' either side of the path of movement of the sewage into said tank, the positions of said counterweight depending upon the direction in which said howl faces.

8. In a toilet, the combination of tank,

rotary agitator mechanism arranged in said tank'for operating upon sewage deposited therein, means for maintaining said agitator mechanism in a normal inoperative position manually actuated means for: rotating said agitator to agitate sewage'in said tank, said first-named means acting to return said agitator. mechanism to inoperative position when the actuated means are released.

9. In a toilet, the combination of a tank ada ted to hold sewage, oscillatory agitator mec anism arranged in said tank for agitating the sewage therein and inoiuding a substantially centrally arranged shaft, a itator blades on said shaft, a counterweight arranged on an arm secured on said shaft for maihtaining said mechanism in :1 normal inoperative position, and means for moving said agitator mechanism from said inonerative position against the action of said counterweight for agitating material in said tank.

10. In a. toilet, the combination of a tank, a toilet seat, an agitator mechanism arranged in said tank and including a shaft having a crank portion, a connecting rod se cured to said crank nortion and extending into proximity to said seat, said connecting rod including two parts adjustably connected to vary the length of said rod, and a counterweight secured on said shaft and adapted to counteract the weight of said rod and to hold said crank and rod in a position out of the path of movement of sew age into said tank.

Witness my hand this 21st day of April,

JOHN F. GEIBEL. Witnesses:

A. D. Swarm. J. B. WILSON. 

